New finalRender 3.5 & SE SP1

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Forum: CG News
Posted By: stephanckdt
Post Time: 02-18-2011 at 12:59 AM
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cebas Visual Technology Inc., developer of industry leading visualization software, announces the release of finalRender 3.5 and 3.5 SE Service Pack 1 (SP1), now ready for download at my.cebas.com.

finalRender™ 3.5 and 3.5 SE are the latest generation rendering systems for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design, offering users unparalleled power, functionality and rendering speed. In its latest incarnation, finalRender 3.5 SE SP1 is the perfect choice for bigger production houses and advanced users seeking the maximum in quality and flexibility, while finalRender 3.5 SP1 is targeted to the mainstream user.

What’s New in finalRender 3.5 and 3.5 SE SP1
This new SP1 improves overall program stability and enhances workflow as well as network rendering behavior. Continuous beta testing and user feedback have made this release possible and ensures that it will perform better than previous releases of finalRender.

Specific fixes that have been made include:
• Harmonics GI: network rendering isolated and solved, massive speed improvements for blend or mix materials, lots of fine tuning and enhancements.
• thinkingParticles instances and opacities: issues isolated and solved.
• "Frame Finished" hang issue tracked down and fixed.
• finalRender Scanline core renderer: enhanced, tolerating better defective meshes.
• 2Sided material: issues with Harmonics-GI isolated and fixed.
• fR-Layer material: issue isolated and fixed.
• Light Sources/Rectangular Light: issues and random artifacting isolated and fixed.
• fR-Light material: possible issue when using multi-sub materials isolated and fixed, considerable speed improvements achieved.
• Alpha Channel: improvements made.
• fR-Proxy objects: rendering and other issues isolated and fixed.
• fR-Architecture material: problems when using "visible area lights cause no highlights" isolated and fixed.
• Anaglyph Stereo: rendering output enhanced.
• Stereo Camera: only left/right not working when MAX Common "save file" unchecked has been fixed.

How to Get this Service Pack
finalRender 3.5 & 3.5 SE SP1 are offered as a free download to all registered customers. Current users of finalRender 3.5 and 3.5 SE should log in to my.cebas.com and obtain the latest SP1 from their "View Product Registrations" account menu. Registered users will automatically see all available download options.

If customers are not currently registered on www.cebas.com, or do not see their SP1 download, they may contact us through the contact menu located on the cebas home page and supply their relevant data (serial numbers).

Receive your own full copy right now -- download it directly from http://www.cebasstation.com/index.php?pid=online_shop.

Supported Platforms: 3ds Max and Max Design 2008-2011, 32-bit and 64-bit.

To learn more about http://www.cebasstation.com/index.p...40&feature=1176 and http://www.cebasstation.com/index.p...37&feature=1236 , please visit their respective product pages.

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